-"When the priest says the words of absolution and puts his hand on our foreheads, it's as though the blood of Jesus is dripping on us washing away our sins."
-"The priest also does penance for every person he encounters at confession. That's so cool!"
-"I need to go more often."
-"We're being the best version of ourselves when we go to confession-it's a victory, not a failure."
Read it people!!!
For those of you that don't know of Fr. Mike Schmitz, he's super young, very attractive-yea, I said it, and I caught some of the ladies in my class whispering about how charming his smile is. Haha, but really, it is. It's ok, you can look. (He is pictured at the very end of the article with a brief description of him. Now I know you're going to look!)
We talked about the love priests have for us and how much they want to help us get to heaven, and to have that relationship with Christ right here and right now! There's no need to wait! Besides, why would we want to spend eternity with someone we hardly even know? I tend to mention those points to my students frequently. I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it!
We then read through a great examination of conscience and took some time to reflect. I encouraged them to pick one thing: whether that be an attitude or behavior that they need to change and to ask Jesus to forgive them and to give them the strength to say no to that sin in the future which is actually saying a greater YES. Yes to love. Yes to truth. Yes to Jesus.
I then reiterated that our life as Christians is not just an ideology or a set of rules. It's a lifestyle, and this is what God asks of us:
Thou shalt…
- Be single-hearted toward me
- Be reverent in speech and conduct
- Keep priorities
- Be respectful and obedient
- Defend life, womb to tomb
- Be faithful to vocation, future spouse
- Be trustworthy
- Be honest in word and deed
- Have only pure admiration
- Be grateful for what you possess
We had an early dismissal today and we also have one tomorrow because of parent-teacher conferences. I wonder if I could schedule something like that but on a week night or even a Saturday! I would love to meet their parents. I'm going to talk to my boss about possibly having an open house/conference night.
In less than an hour I will be teaching not 4 students, not 7 students, but 64 students!!! It's Wednesday night and we're having Class #2! Topics for tonight: "Who is God?" and "Who am I?". Pray for all of us!
I will post all about that later (possibly tonight but maybe tomorrow).
Have a lovely evening!
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